De Anza College students’ efforts towards national agriculture week
Students at De Anza College use campus space in efforts this March in relevance for national agriculture week to educate students on eco friendly growing practices. National agriculture week focuses on the efforts that go into growing crops. While De Anza College Environmental Science Department is utilizing space behind the Kirsch Center to focus on environmentally strategic ways to cultivate crops. Lab technician, Merhan Karimi, connects a variety of students to working in the garden. Karimi said De Anza reflects international issues that relate to agriculture. De Anza is demonstrating in the garden projects how, “We are not using any sort of chemicals, which is makes it 10 times harder.” Furthermore,“Huge farms if they do not use any sort of chemicals they run into problems.” However, the garden projects shows there are other alternatives to battling small animals. The garden uses external protection over plants and hanging artificial owls to sca